References Michelle Alexander's book, The New Jim Crow, Pfaff's Locked In, the Marshall Project, Vox, Common Justice, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE), and more.
33. 45% of non-whites are frisked when pulled over
compared to only 29% of whites, even though whites
are 70% more likely to carry a weapon. (NY Times)
34. Whites are 2.5 times less likely to have their car
searched when pulled over than non-whites. (IDOT)
41. MYTH:
Nearly half of all US prisoners are
incarcerated for drug offenses.
FACT:
the most common offenses are
violent crimes (like murder,
assault, and robbery), which
nearly 40 percent of the prison
population is in for.
47. As the number of ACEs increases, so does the RISK for the following:
(Risk for) intimate partner violence Multiple sexual partners
Alcoholism and alcohol abuse Sexually transmitted diseases
Chronic pulmonary disease Smoking
Depression Suicide attempts
Fetal death Unintended pregnancies
Health-related quality of life Early initiation of smoking
Illicit drug use Early initiation of sexual activity
Ischemic heart disease Adolescent pregnancy
Liver disease (Risk for) sexual violence
Poor work performance Poor academic achievement
Financial stress
57. “All people make mistakes. All of us are sinners. All
of us are criminals. All of us violate the law at some
point in our lives. In fact, if the worst thing you have
ever done is speed ten miles over the speed limit on
the freeway, you have put yourself and others at
more risk of harm than someone smoking
marijuana in the privacy of his or her living room.
Yet there are people in the United States serving life
sentences for first-time drug offenses, something
virtually unheard of anywhere else in the world.”